Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
From: hekunze@jeeves.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Wrestling TidBits - 04/02
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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1992 02:47:58 GMT
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{ Not much to say this week. I've been quite busy preparing my final
version of my thesis for my readers. I'll be laser printing the
final copy tomorrow. As you've noticed, I didn't post an April
Fool's Day edition this year. Although I got some praise last
year for fooling a lot of people, I got some flak from people
who screamed out loud in their offices and such. Herb... }
- The WWF has WrestleMania VIII on PPV this Sunday with the
following line-up:
- Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage for the WWF Title
- Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice
- Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart for the IC Title
- Ted DiBiase & I.R.S. vs. Natural Disasters for the Tag Titles
- Undertaker vs. Jake Roberts
- Shawn Michaels vs. Tito Santana
- Owen Hart vs. The Undefeated Skinner
- Tatanka vs. Rick Martel
- Davey Boy Smith vs. The Berzerker
- Jim Duggan & Sgt. Slaughter & Virgil & Big Boss Man
vs. Nasty Boys & Mountie & Repo-Man
My predictions: Flair retains the title, but Randy gets the last
word so the fans go home happy. Hogan wins with a cheap finish.
Hart pins Piper. DiBiase & I.R.S. retain the titles, when Nasty
Boys interfere. Undertaker pins Jake. Michaels, Hart, Tatanka,
Davey Boy, and the face 4-man team all win.
- WCW has WrestleWar '92 on PPV on May 17th. It will headlined by
a Wargames match between the Dangerous Alliance and Sting, Barry
Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, & Nikita Koloff.
- Our customized WWF syndies were advertising a WWF show in Hamilton's
Copps Coliseum in June, saying that there would be more than 20 matches
on the card. Sounds like it could be a TV taping.
- There is talk now that Hogan will take the rest of this year off and
possibly return at the beginning of '93. In any case, after
WrestleMania Sid Justice will be programmed with the Undertaker
-- can you say workrate, boys and girls?
- WCW debuts in its new format this weekend on WTBS. This weekend's
show has a 2 out of 3 falls match between Steve Austin and Tom Zenk.
- There was a short segment on a local TV show on Sweet Daddy Siki's
wrestling school in Toronto. Ron Hutchinson also works there (he
may be remembered for some of his WWF TV squashes). Anyhow, the
highlight of the whole segment was Ron's quote: "You have to be
a little sick to like pro-wrestling."
- Videotape: We're still discussing matches. I think we'll "vote"
next week to hopefully decide what goes on the tape.
Herb...